Fluid-measuring vessel



UNITED STATO-Es PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. 'ARMITSTEAQ OF MAZOMANIE, WISCONSIN.

FLUID-MEASURING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Pateilt N0. 400,386, datedlyIalchV 26, 1889.

Application filed June 11, 1888. Serial No. 276,692. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that l, THOMAS E. ARMITSTEAD, of Mazomanie, in the county ofDane and State of Wisconsin,'have invented a new and ImprovedFluid-Measuring Vessel, Aof which the following is a full, clear, andexact description. l

My invention relates to an improvement in uuid-measuring vessels, andhas for its object to provide a simple, effective, andreadily-manipulated device,whereby a predetermined amount of fluid maybe introduced into a measuring-receptacle and drawn therefrom whendesired, and wherein the Huid will not be spilled in the operation, andthe measuring at all times be accurately and conveniently effected.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

Ain which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section of a modification. Fig. 4 is a letalil view of thereceiving-vessel and liquid eve . index-finger7 and Fig.` 6 is a detailsection of said dial.

In carrying out the invention a small vessel, A,having an open top or aclosed top having an aperture for the admission of a delivery-pipe, isusually suspended within the liquid-tank B, preferably at or near thetop,.n any well-known `or approved manner. The inner vessel, which maybe of aA size to contain any ,desiredamount-eive gallons, forinstance-is usually supported by a spider, a, and in the lower end ofthe said vessel, at one side, the horizontal member of an angular tube,D, is held to turn, the movement of which tube is controlled by ahorizontal rod, D', attached to the vertical member, as best illustratedin Figsl l and 3. The rod D is projected through the wallsof the tankand provided with an attached index finger or pointer, d, the saidpointer being adapted to Fig. 5' is a. detail view of the dial andreciprocate in front of a dial, d', upon the face of which dial a scaleofppints, quarts, gallons, or fractions thereof is produced. At eachdivision of the dial a spring-stop, d2, is attached, consisting,preferably, of an angularly-bent wire having one arm secured to the dialand the other arm free. The latter arm, upon being compressed, enters asuitable aperture, d3, in the dial, permitting the pointer to pass, asbest shown in Fig. 6. A tube, E, which may be of rubber or metal, isattached to the bottom of the inner vessel, A, and also to a faucet, E',inserted in the side of the tank. A cover, H, is provided for the tank,which may be hooded, if desired, and

through the said cover a pump, H is projected downward, the upperportion of the pump being connected with the vessel A through the mediumof a pipe, h, usually fitting in an aperture produced in the cover immediately over the said inner vessel.

In Fig. 3 the receiving-vessel is illustrated as being placed over thetank, the same being concealed, or partially so, by a hood attached tothe cover. In this event the dial is placed outside the hood, and, iffound desirable, a verifying-dial may be produced in thereceiving-vessel by slotting the same and inserting a transparent panehaving the scale contained thereon. When the vessel is located asillustrated in Fig. 3, the cover is provided with suitable apertures topermit the passage of the fluid slopping over the tubular level into thetank.

I desire it to be understood that the tank may consist of aspecially-constructed receptacle, a barrel, cask, or can, or anyliquidholding vessel.

In operation the pointer is moved across the face of the dial-forinstance, to the line indicating a pint. This movement causes thetubular level to incline to such a degree that any amount of liquidabove a pint supplied drawn from the receiving-vessel through thefaucet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a tank, of a measuring-vessel carried by thetank, a level-tube pivoted in the side of the measuring-vessel, apointer connected to the level-tube and Working in front of a dial, apipe leading from the bottom of the measuring-vessel through the tank toa faucet on one side of the said tank, and a pump for pumping the liquidfrom the tank into the measuring-Vessel, substantially as herein shownand described.

2. The combination, with a tank, of a measuring-vessel supported Withinthe tank, an angular tube pivoted in the side of the said vessel, a rodconnected to said tube and proj ecting through the side of the tank, apointer on the rod, a dial on the tank, a pipe leading from the bottomof the measuring-vessel'to a faucet of the tank, and a pump for pumping2o the liquid from the tank into the measuringvessel, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, with a measuring-vessel, of a level-tube pivoted inthe side of the measuring-vessel, a rod connected to the tube, a pointeron the end of the rod, and a dial provided with spring-stops,substantially as described.

THOS. E. ARMITSTEAD.

\Vitnesses:

XV. W. HOVER, J. B. HICKS.

